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EP 0 516 333 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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21.12.1994 Bulletin 1994/51 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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02.12.1992 Bulletin 1992/49 |
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Date of filing: 20.05.1992 |
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International Patent Classification (IPC)5: G06F 15/21 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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DE FR GB |
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Priority: |
31.05.1991 US 708582
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Applicant: AT&T Corp. |
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New York, NY 10013-2412 (US) |
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Inventor: |
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- Yuval V., Lirov
Aberdeen,
New Jersey 07747 (US)
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Representative: Buckley, Christopher Simon Thirsk et al |
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AT&T (UK) LTD.,
AT&T Intellectual Property Division,
5 Mornington Road
Woodford Green,
Essex IG8 0TU
Woodford Green,
Essex IG8 0TU (GB) |
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Automated resource allocation system employing a learning arrangement |
(57) A facility is provided for allocating a constrained common resource among a plurality
of demands, in which a recommended solution to such an allocation is achieved by employing
partial solutions priorly generated and stored in a database as a result of allocating
the common resource among a plurality of prior, and possibly different, demands for
the common resource.